City Lights of the Americas

This image of North and South America at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October 2012. The new…Read More »

data was mapped over existing Blue Marble imagery of Earth to provide a realistic view of the planet. Less «

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City Lights of Africa, Europe and the Middle East

Credit: NOAA/NASA/SuomiNPP

This new image of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October…Read More »

2012. The new data was mapped over existing Blue Marble imagery of Earth to provide a realistic view of the planet. Less «

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City Lights of Asia and Australia

Credit: NOAA/NASA/SuomiNPP

This image of Asia and Australia at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October 2012. The new data…Read More »

was mapped over existing Blue Marble imagery of Earth to provide a realistic view of the planet. Less «

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City LIghts of the United States

Credit: NOAA/NASA/SuomiNPP

The image, taken April 18, 2012, was made possible by the new satellite’s “day-night band” of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), which…Read More »

detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to near-infrared and uses filtering techniques to observe dim signals such as city lights, gas flares, auroras, wildfires, and reflected moonlight. Less «

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Korea and the Yellow Sea

Credit: NOAA/NASA/SuomiNPP

As of July 2012, South Korea’s population was estimated at roughly 49 million people, and North Korea’s population was estimated at about half that number.…Read More »

But where South Korea is gleaming with city lights, North Korea has hardly any lights at all—just a faint glimmer around Pyongyang. This image was acquired Sept. 24, 2012. Less «

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City Lights Illuminate the Nile

Credit: NOAA/NASA/SuomiNPP

On Oct.13, 2012, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite captured this nighttime view of the Nile River Valley and Delta.